Anti-Quorum Sensing Agents from South Florida Medicinal Plants and their Attenuation of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pathogenicity

With the difficulty in treating recalcitrant infections and the growing resistance to antibiotics, new therapeutic modalities are becoming increasingly necessary. The interruption of bacterial quorum sensing (QS), or cell-cell communication is known to attenuate virulence, while limiting selective p...

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Main Author: Adonizio, Allison L.
Format: Others
Published: FIU Digital Commons 2008
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/13
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1074&context=etd